Testing symmetry in nonparametric regression models

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 477-494

  Dette, Holger ^a   Kusi Appiah, Sorina ^a   Neumeyer, Natalie ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit; Nonparametric regression; Test of symmetry; Wild bootstrap

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036796524     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250213906     Document Type: Article

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